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Wow you are a real thinker neighbor. Bug nets are a great idea (in my unprofessional opinion). If you use a piece of nylon with a seam for a hammock, the integrity of the material might be weakened by the seam. Try experimenting with it, but I think the material might be used for something less structural.

I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority. - E. B. White (1899 - 1985)

My first attempt at sewing was from donor materials from an old tent my wife just HAD to have. I made lots of stuff sacks and stuff from that thing. In fact I still have some of the old Yellow stuff sacks and still use pieces of the poles for toggles.

Glad you mentioned this.
After the last Cub Scout "family camping" trip, one of the other parents offered me his massive tent that the kids had ripped while horseplaying.
He said he might keep the rain fly, but the body... with lots of zippers, bug netting, a huge porch, zipper pulls, accessory pockets, etc. was mine if I thought I could make something useful out of it. He just wanted to set it up at home to air out (was put away damp) and assess the damage.
I need to see if he still has it.

I'm guessing that most folks assume there is no value in a torn tent and trash the whole thing.
I wonder if posting a craigslist ad in the spring would be worthwhile. Alternately, I bet that anyone living near a park or campground could put a bug in the attendants ear and get a steady stream of materials as weekenders abandon gear damaged during their stay... but with plenty of usable parts left.

I just hate seeing usable materials being put in the landfill.
(which reminds me, I need to figure out what to do with the old hang glider wing and parachute/parasail that a friend gave me to recycle. I think the wing might become a bow cover for the part of my boat that sticks out from under the roof at the dock)

"I keep telling myself that if I make perfect seams, nobody will believe that I made it... " -JohnSawyer

I have foiund the usefulness of the fabric hampered by the shape of the tent. But then I was salvaging small tents. One thing to be extremely careful of when doing this... be very aware of the stress the fabric has been exposed to. Nylon degrades in the sun very quickly but often does not show serious stress until the problem is very advanced. Generally the notions (zippers, toggles and such) have been much more useful to me.

I may be slow... But I sure am gimpy.

"Bless you child, when you set out to thread a needle don't hold the thread still and fetch the needle up to it; hold the needle still and poke the thread at it; that's the way a woman most always does, but a man always does t'other way."
Mrs. Loftus to Huck Finn